The Sopranos is probably the obvious one, for both therapy and interrogations (though they are correct about torture being primarily punitive/dominating than extractive, unlike most fiction where torture exists bc the writer couldn't figure out how to move the plot along).
Sticking with HBO, the Wire also has many interrogation scenes, the Where's Wallace one probably being the most memorable, though that scene is kinda two people asking each other things they already know/sucpect (I also like Kima's partner trying to get the truth out of her).
The crown jewel of the talking & extracting info trope is probably Columbo! Also I really like a very Columbo-esque film called Death By Natural Causes.
I'd also say many gay films before the mid 00s have plays on interrogation/interview scenes where it's finding out if the other person is gay. Bound has a really fun one.
If you want to see one of the worst interrogation scenes possibly ever filmed, Amateur (1994) has one so bad it borders on brilliance, where the guy begs for mercy because 'we were accountants together!'
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Date: 2023-04-09 02:21 am (UTC)Sticking with HBO, the Wire also has many interrogation scenes, the Where's Wallace one probably being the most memorable, though that scene is kinda two people asking each other things they already know/sucpect (I also like Kima's partner trying to get the truth out of her).
The crown jewel of the talking & extracting info trope is probably Columbo! Also I really like a very Columbo-esque film called Death By Natural Causes.
I'd also say many gay films before the mid 00s have plays on interrogation/interview scenes where it's finding out if the other person is gay. Bound has a really fun one.
If you want to see one of the worst interrogation scenes possibly ever filmed, Amateur (1994) has one so bad it borders on brilliance, where the guy begs for mercy because 'we were accountants together!'